Schlegeliaceae
Higuerito de sierra
Schlegelia brachyantha
- Family
- Schlegeliaceae
- Genus
- Schlegelia
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Schlegelia brachyanthaSchlegeliaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Higuerito de sierra
Synonyms
- Schlegelia brachyantha subsp. portoricensis (Urb.) Borhidi
- Schlegelia brachyantha var. portoricensis Urb.
- Schlegelia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.